Why 🐵 NatSecAllTheTime picked: More tankers struck in the Middle East as Iran reiterates conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz

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Tehran's conditions include a halt to U.S. "acts of aggression," an end to the naval blockade and economic warfare, and the release of Iranian assets.

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